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Proviso
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gomery county, whose rules or regulations or custom here-
tofore has been to nominate any of its candidates for any
public office or offices by direct vote of the members of such
party, to deprive the registered voters of such party of such
privileges to vote directly for candidates for such office or
offices, without first submitting any proposed change in this
regard to a vote of the registered voters of said party.
SEC. 23. And be it enacted, That any judge or clerk of
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Guilty of any
wilful
neglect of
duty, how
punished,
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primary election, member of the board of supervisors of
election for Montgomery county, or member of the govern-
ing body of a party holding a primary election under this
Act on whom any duty is required in this Act, shall be
guilty of any wilful neglect of such duty, or any corrupt or
fraudulent conduct or practice in the execution of the same,
he shall upon conviction thereof be punished by a fine of
not less than one hundred ($100) dollars and not more than
five hundred ($500) dollars, or by imprisonment in jail for
not less than thirty days and not more than one year, or by
both such fine and imprisonment; and the informer shall be
paid one-half of the fine collected, and the other half shall
be paid to the County Commissioners for the use of the
public roads.
SEC. 24. And be it enacted, That if any clerk or judge of
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Unlawful to
keep a false
poll book,
etc.
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any primary election, or any person performing the duties
thereof, shall wilfully keep a false poll list or primary elec-
tion register, or shall knowingly insert in his poll list or
the primary elections register any false statement, or name
or statement or abbreviation of a word, or any check, altera-
tion or mark except as in this Act provided, or who is guilty
of concealing, wilfully destroying, mutilating, defacing, falsi-
fying or fraudulently removing or secreting the whole or any
part of any record, registry of voters, return or statement of
vote's, poll list or any papers, documents, ballots, envelopes
or papers of any description in this Act directed to be made,
filed or preserved permanently or until after the votes are can-
vassed by the proper governing body and the results finally
announced, or who shall fraudulently make an entry, erasure
or alteration therein, except as allowed and directed by the
provisions of this Act to do, or who permits or encourages
any other person to do so, shall, upon conviction thereof, be
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